How to UNINSTALL "PDFGENIE SEARCH" virus FOREVER!

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What is PDFGENIE SEARCH?

PDFGENIE SEARCH is classified as Win32:PUP-gen (potentially unwanted program).

PDFGENIE SEARCH detected as PUP.AD.PDFGENIE.SEARCH.
What is PUP? PUP is crapware.
PDFGENIE SEARCH have several types of unwanted behaviour:

Displaying popup ads.
Hijacking your browser.
Infecting your desktop shortcuts, etc.
Inserting ads to the web pages.

PDFGENIE SEARCH can redirect your browser search, collect your personal information and sell it for advertising.
PDFGENIE SEARCH is usually hard in removing. Some people could not find uninstall program for PDFGENIE SEARCH in the Control Panel.
Sometimes PDFGENIE SEARCH uninstaller does not work.

How PDFGENIE SEARCH got on your computer?

Usually you got PDFGENIE SEARCH with as part of a bundle with another tool you downloaded from the Internet. Since PDFGENIE SEARCH manufacturer pays software developers for distributing PDFGENIE SEARCH within their applications, PDFGENIE SEARCH is often included as part of the installer.
Usually, you have not only one PDFGENIE SEARCH problem, but a bunch of similar WIN32:PUPs.

You have 2 ways to remove PDFGENIE SEARCH:

1. Remove Automatically.
2. Remove Manually.

Why I recommend you to use an automatic way?

You know only one virus name: "PDFGENIE SEARCH", but usually you have infected by a bunch of viruses.
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Here’s how to remove PDFGENIE SEARCH virus automatically:

STEP 1: Install UnHackMe (1 minute)

STEP 2: Scan for malware using UnHackMe (1 minute)

STEP 3: Remove PDFGENIE SEARCH virus (3 minutes)

So it was much easier to fix such problem automatically, wasn't it?
That is why I strongly advise you to use UnHackMe for remove PDFGENIE SEARCH redirect or other unwanted software.

How to remove PDFGENIE SEARCH manually:

STEP 1: Check all shortcuts of your browsers on your desktop, taskbar and in the Start menu. Right click on your shortcut and change it's properties.

http://…

You can see PDFGENIE SEARCH or another web site at the end of shortcut target (command line). Remove it and save changes.

In addition, check this command line for fake browser's trick.
For example, if a shortcut points to Google Chrome, it must have the path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe.
Fake browser may be: …\Appdata\Roaming\HPReyos\ReyosStarter3.exe.
Also the file name may be: “chromium.exe” instead of chrome.exe.

STEP 2: Investigate the list of installed programs and uninstall all unknown recently installed programs.

STEP 3: Open Task Manager and close all processes, related to PDFGENIE SEARCH in their description. Discover the directories where such processes start. Search for random or strange file names.